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November 7, 2015 • VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE • Siuslaw News • 21 W ALLY S HOULTS Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1958-1965 Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Japan; Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Laos D AVID M. S ISSON Sgt., U.S. Army 1975-1978 S COTT S. S MITH Staff Sgt., U.S. Army 2006-Present Tours of Duty: Barstow, Calif., Ft. Campbell; two tours in Iraq; a crew chief on the black hawk helicopters R AY T AYLOR W ILLIAM T ODD Captain, USAF and USN 1962-1982 Tours of Duty: Alabama, Idaho, Philippines, Vietnam, Hawaii, Colorado, California and Alaska; Bronze Star while serving at Danang Vietnam in 1966 G ERALD T HIES V ERN S MITH Radarman 1st Class, U.S. Navy 1943-1947, 1952-1953 Tours of Duty: Pacific; Korea; WWII USS Shasta; Dest. Escret D.D. Lewis Lance Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps 1962-1968 Tours of Duty: Okinawa, Taiwan, Japan, Bay of Pigs; served six years honorably; received many medals Seaman, 2nd class, U.S. Air Force 1950-1954 1955-1957, Reserves Tours of Duty: Tripoli, Libya G ARY T. T REVISAN Staff Sgt., Security Police, Law Enforcement Specialist, Military Working Dog Handler U.S. Air Force 1976-1981 Tours of Duty: Castle AFB, Calif.; Clark Air Base, Philippines, Mt. Home AFB, Idaho R EX J. U NDERWOOD , M.D. ETM 3/C, U.S. Navy 1944-1946 Tours of Duty: Stateside L EON C. T ILTON R ON S LOAN Sgt. E-5, U.S. Marine Corps 1967-1969 Tours of Duty: Vietnam, Camp Pendleton Purple Heart; Hill 55 (Dodge City); Hill 10 and Hill 41 during Tet '68 outside Danang; drown proofing instructor R ONALD S TANLEY Radar/Musician, U.S. Navy 1966-1968 Tours of Duty: Vietnam He sang National Anthem at dedication for local veterans wall. D ONALD R. S TANTON D ICK S MITH 1st Lt., U.S. Army Corps 1942-1945 Tours of Duty: 8th Air Force European Theater; 25 combat missions; navigator on a B-17 Awards: Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters U.S. Navy 1951-1970 Tours of Duty: joined the Navy at the start of the Korean War in 1951 and retired in 1970; Atomic Bomb Veteran Master Sgt., U.S. Air Force 1955-1977 Tours of Duty: Fairchild AFB, Wash.; Nouasscur AFB, Casablanca, Morocco; Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Neb.; Lowry AFB, Colo.; Vandenburg AFB, Calif.; Pease AFB, N.H., Mountain Home AFB, Idaho; Anderson AFB, Guam and Tagu AFB, Korea Awards: Meritorious Service Medal and cita- tion for outstanding service, leadership, mana- gerial abilities and dedication to 366th Tactical Fighter Wing and Tactical Air Command J ASON R. T INKER Sgt., U.S. Army 2008-Present Tours of Duty: Kuwait, Iraq D ONALD P. V ANDEHEY Cpl., U.S. Marines 1943-1946 Tours of Duty: Marshall Islands, Guam and Mariannas M ATTHEW V ANDER -K AAY 1st Class Aviation Pilot, U.S. Navy 1943-1945 Tours of Duty: San Juan, P.C.; Norfolk,Va., to pick up airplanes in Baltimore. He flew to Natal, Brazil, to keep the shipping lanes open from the German subs. Flew several missions that remain classified to this day G UY W ALLER III J ASON L. S MITH Sgt., U.S. Marine Corps 2002-Present Tours of Duty: MCRD San Diego, Calif.; School of Infantry Camp Pendleton; Twentynine Palms, Calif.; Iraq; Newport News, Vir.; Fort Hood, Texas Awards: Army Commendation Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Combat Action Ribbon J AMES W. S WANT T. Sgt. E-6, U.S. Air Force 1955-1975 Tours of Duty: Mississippi, Turkey, North Carolina, Alaska, California, Japan, Okinawa, Maine, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Nevada M ICHAEL A. T ITMUS Electrician PO3, U.S. Navy 1972-1975 Tours of Duty: two tours to Vietnam, on USS Brooke DEG 1 and USS Hancock CV19. Awarded Bronze Star for action on USS Brooke; direct participation in evacuation of Saigon in 1975. Specialist E-4, U.S. Army 2004-2006 Tours of Duty: Iraq Trained combat medic and sniper. Served as a cavalry scout deployed from Fort Lewis, Wash., and returned to Camp Roberts, Calif. Earned Silver Star. G REG W ALLING Sp. 5, U.S. Army 1968-1970 Tours of Duty: 9th Infantry Division, Dong Tam, South Vietnam